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Watch: Car dragged along highway after collision with tractor-trailer

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By
Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.
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A tractor-trailer driver struck a car on a California interstate Wednesday afternoon, dragging the vehicle for nearly a mile before nearby motorists were able to stop him, according to multiple reports.

Video posted on Facebook by a passing driver showed the smoking tires of a red Nissan Maxima as it was pulled by a truck along Interstate 15, just north of California State Route 138. The car’s driver can be seen waving for help out the vehicle’s window.

The tractor-trailer was hauling 50,000 pounds of carrots north on Interstate 15 around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday when it sideswiped the Maxima and the car became stuck, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement released to KABC. Both drivers were merging into the same lane when the accident Maxima got stuck, troopers said.

The truck’s driver, a 62-year-old Bakersfield man, did not realize that the Maxima had become lodged into the truck and traveled for almost a mile before stopping, the California Highway Patrol said.

The truck driver will not face charges in the accident. Neither he nor the car’s driver were injured, troopers told KCBS-TV.

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